About: Monday Evening Concerts

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Founded in 1939 by Peter Yates and Frances Mullen in their modest Rudolf Schindler-designed Silverlake home, Monday Evening Concerts (MEC) is the world's longest-running series devoted to contemporary music. Originally envisioned as a forum for displaced European emigrés and virtuoso Hollywood studio musicians to sink their teeth into the most challenging solo and chamber music of the day (such as the works of Charles Ives, Alexander Scriabin and Béla Bartók), MEC has presented contemporary concerts continuously since.

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  • Founded in 1939 by Peter Yates and Frances Mullen in their modest Rudolf Schindler-designed Silverlake home, Monday Evening Concerts (MEC) is the world's longest-running series devoted to contemporary music. Originally envisioned as a forum for displaced European emigrés and virtuoso Hollywood studio musicians to sink their teeth into the most challenging solo and chamber music of the day (such as the works of Charles Ives, Alexander Scriabin and Béla Bartók), MEC has presented contemporary concerts continuously since. (en)
  • Les Monday Evening Concerts, fondés en 1939 à Los Angeles sous le patronage d’Arnold Schönberg et d’Igor Stravinsky, sont aujourd’hui une institution majeure consacrée aux musiques modernes et contemporaines. Dans les années 1950, le compositeur français Pierre Boulez a joué un rôle important dans l'évolution de ces séries de concerts de musique de chambre. (fr)
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  • Jonathan Hepfer (en)
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  • Monday Evening Concerts (en)
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  • Evenings on the Roof (en)
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  • Los Angeles, United States (en)
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  • MEC (en)
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  • Concert Series (en)
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  • Founded in 1939 by Peter Yates and Frances Mullen in their modest Rudolf Schindler-designed Silverlake home, Monday Evening Concerts (MEC) is the world's longest-running series devoted to contemporary music. Originally envisioned as a forum for displaced European emigrés and virtuoso Hollywood studio musicians to sink their teeth into the most challenging solo and chamber music of the day (such as the works of Charles Ives, Alexander Scriabin and Béla Bartók), MEC has presented contemporary concerts continuously since. (en)
  • Les Monday Evening Concerts, fondés en 1939 à Los Angeles sous le patronage d’Arnold Schönberg et d’Igor Stravinsky, sont aujourd’hui une institution majeure consacrée aux musiques modernes et contemporaines. Dans les années 1950, le compositeur français Pierre Boulez a joué un rôle important dans l'évolution de ces séries de concerts de musique de chambre. (fr)
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  • Monday Evening Concerts (fr)
  • Monday Evening Concerts (en)
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